To Place Components in Assemblies

Place components, Inventor or Other CAD formats, in an assembly.

These are the steps for placing components in an assembly, whether it is an Inventor component or other CAD component.

1. On the ribbon, click Assemble tab Component panel Place to choose a component to place.
2. In the Place Component dialog box, browse to the folder that contains the component, and then select the component.
   Note: If you have Vault installed and are placing a file in the vault, you can use an alternate method. Click Open from Vault located under Quick Launch for immediate access to your vaulted files.

   Change the file type filter to select CAD files of other types.

3. If needed, click Options. In the File Open Options dialog box, select a design view representation, a positional representation, or both, and then click OK.

   Inventor Components:Select either Interactively place with iMates or Automatically generate iMates on place to insert components with matching iMates.

4. When you click Open the selected component is placed in the graphics window attached to the cursor.
5. Right-click before you place a component to adjust the X, Y, Z orientation or to select Place Grounded at Origin.
6. Click in the graphics screen to place an occurrence of the component.
7. Continue to click and place additional occurrences, as needed.
8. When all occurrences are placed, right-click and select OK.

Tip: Copy and paste a component to place new instances using the same orientation.

Note: Placed Part Naming

• Autodesk Inventor applies the file name of inserted parts to browser file nodes.
• Other CAD systems apply the part number property.
• STEP file names can differ from the name of the generating CAD system.
• Use Rename Browser Nodes to modify the naming scheme.